Tropicana Field Gong

Wrigley Field has Ronnie Woo Woo, Progressive Field has John Adams and now Tropicana Field has…this guy.

Unlike the first two, the new Rays personality isn’t actually a fan – he’s on the team’s payroll, thanks to manager Joe Maddon.

The story goes that Maddon became enamored with the song “Bang A Gong (Get It On)” by T-Rex during Spring Training, which led to him not only making it the song that blares as the team takes the field at home games, but he also had a gong installed at the Trop to fire up fans.

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